Takeya Nakamura (right elbow) played catch at a distance of about fifteen meters on Tuesday. He threw the ball thirty times. Nakamura had his elbow cleaned out in October and resumed playing catch on Monday. Source: Sponichi 12/17/2014 ... Nakamura is planning to resume batting practice some time in January. Source: Daily Sports 12/17/2014

Nippon Ham Fighters

The Fighters will hold a press conference in Sapporo on Thursday to announce Masao Kida as their new assistant general manager. Source: Sponichi 12/17/2014